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This thing just keeps on trucking doesn't it. Well the end is coming into view so that is something to either enjoy or loath depending on your views.

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Understanding

Chapter – 14

For two weeks Takeya and his menagerie of DearS watched and reacted to the outcry of humanity. Xenophobia taking over the minds of more and more people as the trial ran up higher and higher. No longer was the majority in favor of the alien species, but Khi was handling the case well enough with Harumi's coaching. All it meant to Takeya, Ren, and Miu was that the DearS would carry the man as they leapt from rooftop to rooftop as they traveled to avoid the crowds.

Sitting in class waiting for whatever oddity Mitsuka was going to 'wow' them with, Takeya glared at Ohiko. "I can't believe he actually buys into this crap. I mean before this trial shit he was all but begging me to let him come over just to look at you two." But now he was one of the informants to the masses of anti-DearS protesters. "I swear I just want to smack him."

"Then Ren will bring him over here so Takeya can do as he wishes!" Ren's always eager to please voice rang out. Rushing off before Takeya or Miu could react, the mighty tri-lock was off. Things weren't rosy inside her perceived vacant mind. While she didn't care about the trial much, only how it affected Takeya, Ren did care about the every other day events in her master's bedroom. Miu was appeasing Takeya all the time now! Ren knew it was due to a programming glitch, but it still hurt her to not receive any physical love. But maybe if she made him really happy he'd reward her.

Covering her mouth with her hand, Miu tittered lightly as Ren charged brazenly into the thicket of potential enemies. "She really thinks with her heart, as you would say." Bashfully avoiding eye contact with the man just two hours ago she had straddled for a morning quickie, Miu never regretted taking Neneko's advice and telling Takeya about her problem. "But I wish she wouldn't take things so literally," Miu added.

Leaning back painfully in his chair, Takeya focused on the cabinets and the back of the classroom. "She means well, I know. But man I hate having to watch everything I say around her at times." She just didn't understand something regarding speech and it lead to her taking things the wrong way. Unfortunately for the mini family, Xenia heard every word Takeya said and was writing it down for future use.

Pushing the meekly protesting geek, Ren didn't pay the slightest heed to the hushed murmurs and gossip. "Takeya, Ren brought you Ohiko like you wanted! Now Takeya can smack Ohiko like he wants to!" she chimed loudly. While her touch was light, her grip held the prone teen in place and unable to flee. "Don't try to run or Ren might hurt you," she said in regards to the boy's struggles.

"T-T-Takeya what are you telling them to do to me!? L-Let me go Ren," Ohiko's trembling voice was fitting his expression. It wasn't that Ohiko believed the rumors and stories about the DearS, what he did fear was Takeya. Being friends with the boy almost as long as Neneko, Ohiko could tell that Takeya wasn't taking his changing sides well. Hell even his father was disappointed in his sudden anti-DearS ways. "Making Ren bring me back here so you can hit me, I-I thought you were better than that."

Jerking forward, and grabbing Ohiko's collar, Takeya pulled the boy in close. "Ren made a mistake, but I want to talk to you anyway." Yanking down hard on Ohiko's shirt, making the teen jerk down, Takeya released his grip. "Sit down or you'll make even more people stare at you," Takeya grumbled as he noticed almost the entire class watching.

Ashamed of his actions, Ohiko complied but said nothing. He wasn't brave, he wasn't strong, and he wasn't going to be those things he wanted to be. Fitting in with the group meant they left him alone. He could see how people reacted to Takeya, and while Ohiko secretly admired the man for his choices and actions, and Ohiko didn't think he could do the same. Head hung low, Ohiko just wanted this little event to end.

"How can you side with those idiots, Ohiko?" Takeya started once his friend stopped squirming. "You know damn well that the DearS are nothing like what people are saying, yet I hear you siding with him AND giving them more fuel for their little race war?" He tried keeping his voice in check, but as he started talking it kept rising and rising. "The DearS aren't bad people! You're just buying into speculation and jealousy!" Standing up and pushing his desk away loudly, Takeya found everybody paying rapt attention. "All of you! Until this shit got started you all loved Ren and Miu! Not one of you thought one damn bad thing about them and now? Now you turn on them! What the hell is wrong with all of you!"

The rough but truth to Takeya's words made the class ashamed of themselves. They had turned on the DearS at the drop of a hat despite all they knew about the DearS. Ohiko felt terrible about his actions, and rushed out of the room unable to meet eyes with the two aliens he had been infatuated with for so long. It took Mitsuka's arrival in dress that looked like dental floss with flowers covering the delicate parts to calm the class down.

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Pacing in her office high above the sheep, Ruby was beside herself with frustration. Her replacements hadn't succeeded yet and this whole trial issue was getting worse. All around her she could see things slipping from her grasp. Sheep were talking behind her back, even the loyal ones were acting suspicious. Spying on Chichi she had heard that her number 2 wanted to leave.

Standing in front of Fina's capsule, Ruby pounded her hand against the metallic cylinder. "I am so lost without you," she mouthed softly. Pressing her head to the cold tube, Ruby was close to the breaking point. Everything she had done and was doing was for Fina. Ruby wanted to make the Watcher proud, happy, and respect. But Fina couldn't be any of those things. Not with defects running around or the humans hating the entire DearS race. "I'm so sorry for failing," she said with another slap.

As the sound of flesh to metal echoed in the gigantic but empty office, a whizzing hiss pitched loudly. The control panel flashed and spat out readings that none of the DearS fully understood. A click and whoosh of air singled the opening of the pod. Fearing she broke the device, Ruby took several fearful steps back, eyes wide in terror. "What have I done?"

A long slender arm stretched out with an accompanying pleasure filled sigh was the first answer to Ruby's question. Sitting up and flexing her stiff body, Fina let out a big yawn. "Oh my that was a lovely nap," the leader of the DearS smiled broadly with closed eyes. Stretching as she climbed out of her pod, her DearS uniform oddly matching Ren's as all 'big bust' models had, Fina's eyelashes fluttered as Ruby took a tentative step towards here. "Ah Ruby, I was hoping you'd be here."

"F-Fina-sama!" Ruby gushed as her paralysis broke and she rushed to her awakened leader. Falling down on one knee, Ruby took Fina's hand subserviently as she bowed. She'd not question how Fina had woken, it didn't matter. All that mattered now was explaining her failure to the Watcher and hope she'd not be punished to severely. "I have so much to tell you."

Pulling the Barker up to her feet, Fina put a single finger to Ruby's lips. "Silly girl, I know everything that's been happening. I am called the Watcher, remember?" Fina's gentle features never once hinted at anger or resentment. No, Fina was still smiling faintly as she watched Ruby's harsh features soften and relax. "A lot has happened, but nothing that cannot be fixed."

Fina's touch was so soothing and enjoyable that for a moment Ruby was to awash with memories to speak. Until Fina had fallen into her slumber things had been like this, and they could be that way again. Nodding briefly Ruby continued, "I admit I have caused much to aggravate things. But if you allow me just a little more time I will fix the zero-number issue."

Leading Ruby to the computer console where the ship was hooked into the human's communication network, Fina shook her head. "You do not have to do that Ruby. The Zero Number is no longer your concern. I have watched them as I have you, and this Ikuhara is a fine master for them. You will leave them alone, and let me handle any issues that come from this." And with what Fina was planning, Takeya would be a firm part of the DearS/Human relations.

"Fina-sama you mean you don't…you don't mind that a defect is out in public?" Ruby was shocked! Her biggest fear, that of Fina being disgusted with Ren and Miu, was baseless! And if Fina was telling her to stop worrying about the zero numbers, Ruby was more than willing to put that massive headache behind her. Her role was administering disciple, not policy. "What of the trial?"

Entering a few commands, Fina giggled as Khi's face appeared on her screen. "I have some ideas about that, and it shouldn't be an issue." Turning to face the DearS representative, "Khi, yes it is me, I need you to come to the Community for a brief update. I believe I have something that might help you." Being asleep for Fina wasn't like humans sleeping. She was hooked up to all manners of technology and had been following the court case very closely. With a wealth of evidence to prove the accused DearS innocence, Fina was glad to be awake again. Gripping Ruby's hand, "You've been alone to long my dear. But no longer, I will be with you now."

An hour later when Chichi came to give Ruby her report she walked into the room to see Ruby nude and on the receiving end of her own whip. Ruby was about to climax in ecstasy as Fina had a very wide smile on her face. Without a word, Chichi backed out of the room and proceeded to inform the rest of the community that their leader had returned.

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Sitting in a small café, Neneko tried to keep her face neutral but a smile continued to peek through. "Are you going to tell me why you freaked out in class or what?" Having been chatting with Hiro, Neneko missed Takeya's outbreak but heard about it from the class later. While the telling had been one of anger and resentment of the brutish man, Neneko agreed with him.

Watching Ren all but inhale a melon bread, Takeya shrugged. "I'm just tired of them is all. They all go from almost pissing themselves the moment Ren or Miu walked into the room to hating them overnight." The fickle nature of humanity wasn't something Takeya could understand. "I mean Ohiko went from a drooling fool to being the fount of this crap. And I know he doesn't believe it!" Takeya's drink, an iced coffee, sat without a single sip.

"Ikuhara-sama you don't need to let this upset you, Ren and I are not bothered by there actions," Miu said softly trying to calm the man. Exchanging a glance with Neneko, Miu thought she saw a hint of anger but wasn't sure. Patting Takeya's back, her mind clear and focused thanks to his morning appeasement, Miu was reading nothing but frustration and anxiety from the man.

Neneko wasn't angry at Miu, just a little jealous as her old feelings occasionally flared. Hearing about Miu's problem, and seeing her having no issues meant that Takeya was giving the girl what Neneko had once thought she wanted. "What do you expect from people Takeya? We've always been a little jealous of the DearS, so once they hear something bad about them they jump on it." Spinning her soda idly, Neneko thought that such an event was inevitable. "This was going to happen eventually, but at least now you don't have to worry since Miu and Ren will protect you."

Not liking the notion that he was both weaker than his partners, and Neneko emasculated him, Takeya took a deep drink. "I just want this over so we can get back to what semi-normal life we had." Slaves, aliens, and melon bread fixations aside Takeya wanted his normal life back. Glancing around the café, the gruff man noticed that again they were the centre of attention.

Licking the crumbs off her fingers rather suggestively, Ren was taking a hint from one of the internet sites she'd been perusing. Subtle hints of oral fixation to goad and prod the target into a state of wanting. "Ren will protect Takeya from those people! Takeya doesn't need to be afraid of anything with Ren around!" Pounding her chest, making a nice jiggle, the DearS proudly stomped her foot. Hearing the door chime and more people fussing, Ren noticed somebody she hadn't seen in a while.

Before the overzealous girl could say anything, Miu slapped the table with her hands in surprise. "Khi-kun! What are you doing here?" The coquettish DearS hadn't seen her typical confidant since the trial began, but here he was and heading towards them. Scooting closer to Takeya to make room for Khi, Miu brushed her legs up against her master. "Shouldn't you be over at the court house?"

With a brief bow, Khi put his hands up in defense. "I was given an order to tell the two of you something very important. After that I will be going back to tend to things." His happiness was paramount at this point. Miu was as close to a friend to Khi as DearS could get, and her master was a human that Khi had come to like and respect greatly. So the news that Ruby was no longer in control of things AND Miu and Ren were officially accepted as Takeya's slaves was a double whammy. "Fina has woken up and has stated that you two are now and forever Takeya's."

Miu gasped and her mouth open in joy, Neneko adjusted her glasses, Takeya didn't understand a word of it, but Ren's reaction was the most over the top. Diving over the table, knocking drinks all over and covering herself in a bevy of liquids, the DearS wrapped her arms around Takeya in overwhelming exuberance. "Takeya! Takeya!" she repeated over and over as she rubbing up and down against the man.

Trying his best to calm Ren, and not get to turned on by the firmness of her bust or how her thighs were brushing up against something they shouldn't. "Um not to sound stupid, but weren't they already?" Takeya asked trying to get a little clarification on why this was making Ren and Miu almost orgasmic. "I thought that after we kissed…"

Grabbing Ren's collar and pulling the clingy woman off her master, Miu waggled her finger at Ren angrily. "There are two phases of a contract, Ikuhara-sama. The first is between DearS and client. But the community can cancel that if the client doesn't appear to be master quality. Once the community accepts it though, that person is officially the owner and nothing save the person themselves giving up that right can change that." Feeling Ren resisting and trying to head back to Takeya's welcoming embrace, Miu gave the collar a fierce tug. "What this means is we have nothing to fear from the community anymore!"

Setting a card on the table, metallic with both Miu and Ren's photos on it, Khi stood back up. "And that means you can start having your check-ups again and software upgrades. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get back. Ikuhara-sama, congratulations," Khi bowed again and walked off leaving the table stunned but happy. Miu was holding the card with a tear of joy in her eye, she could get repaired!

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Walking aimlessly down the avenues of the shopping arcade, Ohiko was lost in thought. Takeya's words continued to cycle in his head, stubbornly refusing to leave him in peace. He knew his friend was right, that he was being a coward in caving in to public opinion, but he didn't see himself being strong enough to face the repercussions of standing up for his own beliefs. In time this mess would boil over and he'd be able to return to his true feelings, even if for now he felt like he was living a lie.

"I'm just not strong enough to face them," Ohiko moaned as he rounded a corner and came to a stop. A small mob of people were gathered and clamoring loudly. Deftly maneuvering his way through the throng of people he came to the head of the group and saw what all the fuss was about, it was Ayu the DearS he met in Okinawa.

"DearS go home! DearS go home!" was the mobs chanting song as they pelted the tanned girl with everything they could find. Bottles, cans, and fruit were used as missiles of prejudice and jealousy. Cornering the DearS as she tried to check in with her fellow DearS in the city, Ayu was pinned against a wall with a thick overhang which prevent her from leaping away. Any action she'd take would be condemned as an act of violence against her aggressors and make things worse.

Then Ayu saw Ohiko, and hope came to her, recognizing the boy as being one of Ren's friends, she had hope now! "Ohiko! Dude you have to help me out, these people are totally upset at Ayu!" She would have reached for him but the crowd closed in closer. "You're not going to leave me hanging are you?"

A woman handed Ohiko several tomatoes as she saw him empty handed, and Ohiko froze. Ayu was trapped and asking him for help, but nobody knew who she was talking to. He could go with the group again, pelt the girl he thought was cute, funny, but needing to brush up on her Japanese, or he could stop being afraid. Holding the tomato in his hand, he stared at it as Ayu called out for help again. If I help her they'll attack me too for being a sympathizer! But if I don't do anything this could really get bad!

Pressing in closer and closer, several people were starting to grab at the slender DearS, but with the range Ayu was able to dodge though the clumsy hands. Heavy items were being thrown now and the chanting increasing into a near fanatical pitch.

And then Ohiko snapped.

"NOT THIS SHIT OFF!" the small man screamed over the top of the chanting, throwing the fruit at the ground. Ohiko fought through the mob and took a defensive place in front of the beleaguered DearS. "She's not done a damn thing to any of you, and you're just buying into the damn lies some assholes came up with because they're too stupid to confess what they did!" His heart was beating so hard that he felt faint, but he stood his ground looking at the masses in front of him. It was funny how fearful and small they looked now.

A lot of the steam had been taken from the sails as the followers started thinking. Several of the more stanch believers threw bottles and rocks at the timid protector, but they instigators couldn't rally their minions again. The human sheep started to break off and slink off ashamed of there actions. One woman, the woman that handed Ohiko the tomatoes, tossed one last rock and it bounced off Ohiko's head right above his eyebrow before leaving.

Just as dirty now as Ayu, Ohiko let out a huge sigh as the last of the people left, "You ok?" He wiped at the injury he had sustained and saw a lot of blood on his hand. It wasn't a deep cut but facial wounds do tend to bleed profusely. "Sorry I didn't act faster."

Spinning Ohiko around, Ayu gave her human savior a big dopy grin. "You're totally like a hero!" Giving the nerdy boy a big hug, Ayu kissed his forehead to heal the gash. While holding him, a sense of peace washed over her. Not all humans were bad, sure some were stupid and some racist. But some, like this person, were really good people. "You feeling alright?"

Rubbing at the place Ayu had kissed, Ohiko was stunned, "Yeah, the pain is all gone! That was amazing!" Ayu's warm lips still left a phantom sensation on his skin. Overcome with emotion and exhilaration thanks to the adrenalin, Ohiko took a bold step. Diving in quickly, Ohiko planted a firm kiss on those rosy lips…and his life changed.

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His feet up on the footrest, Takeya patted his full belly contently. "You've gotten so much better at cooking I'm going to have to start exercising or I'll get fat," he praised. Flipping the television on, he reclined for a nice quiet evening. Miu had left instantly after the meal had been finished to seek aid at the community. And while Takeya did enjoy the time of steady Miu sex he was glad it was going to be over. "Need any help in there?"

Hanging her apron on the hook by the stove, Ren's gentle smile went unseen. "Ren has already completed the cleaning," she called out as she entered the room. Ren felt strongly for Miu, but like Takeya was glad not only for a moment alone with her master and that her sister was getting the help she needed. Sitting on the couch next to Takeya, Ren saw the news playing again. "Is this what Takeya's mother is working on again?" she asked.

Without hesitation Takeya draped his arm around Ren's neck and grabbed lightly at her shoulder. "Yeah, apparently some new footage from an unseen camera has just been found. It was from an ATM's camera, but it apparently is very different in what the guys were claiming." And from what the news report was saying, the court case took a drastic change in Harumi's favor. "Want to watch something else?"

"Ren saw that a documentary on melon bread is on the cooking channel, would Takeya mind watching that?" Ren couldn't keep from drooling at her own mentioning of her beloved bread. Following Takeya's movements with rapt attention as he reached for the remote, she was overjoyed when he changed the channel. For the next hour Ren's attention was unshakable, armed men could have broken in and kidnapped Takeya and she wouldn't have noticed.

But like all things, the show ended and Takeya was forever grateful for that. Flipping through the stations, settling on a game show, he set the remote down. "Well I can officially say I know more about melon bread than I ever wished to." But he felt good to do something for Ren on occasion, she did so much for him. Hearing an odd sound from his cherished couch mate he asked, "Something on your mind?"

Fumbling with her hands, Ren debated if she should ask or not. She knew that Miu had appeased him that morning, but according to Mitsuka boys were always thinking about sex. And while she couldn't quite grasp it, Ren missed the feeling of connection between Takeya and herself. "Does Takeya…need appeasing? Ren can feel a small tremble, but if Takeya is tired or Ren is wrong…" she would have kept on babbling had Takeya not acted.

Much like Ren, Takeya missed being with Ren. It wasn't just physical pleasure, but it was the emotional bond. Silencing the gushing DearS with a fierce and probing kiss, the tactless man actually got the right idea. Having gotten far more experience at the act, Takeya skillfully batted and toyed with Ren's tongue as the DearS tried to overcome her shock.

Eyes closed, Ren just let Takeya hold her and massage her tongue with his. Breaking away from the man, Ren touched her collar, "Master, Ren is willing to serve you in any way, Ren thanks you." In a flash of light her outfit returned to the collar leaving the nymph naked as the day she was created. "Instruct Ren," she cooed as she deftly unzipped his jeans.

Swallowing hard, Takeya was always mesmerized by Ren's otherworldly beauty. Every contour of her frame was exquisitely shaped. The idea of foreplay entered his mind, but right now it wasn't really about lovemaking as a physical thing, he just wanted that connection. He wanted to feel Ren. Taking her hands he pulled her closer to him, freed himself from the cotton confines of his boxers, "Is this…did you want to…I could go down on…"

Knowing what was being offered, Ren considered taking Takeya up on it. She had seen many videos of woman really enjoying having there lover give them oral pleasure, but she was dewy enough as it was. "Next time, Ren wants to feel Master inside her now," she said softly as she straddled Takeya. With one knee on each side, she kissed Takeya as she lowered herself on him, guiding herself with one hand.

Moaning out weakly, Takeya was again reminded of the differences between Miu and Ren. While Miu was firm, Ren was downright tight as if her creature had focused more on the erotic side of her design than functional. "R-Ren," he moaned again as sensation overwhelmed him. Gripping her at the waist, he just sat there for a moment as Ren leaned against him. They were connected, and for right then it was all they wanted.

"Ren wants Master to enjoy her breasts, Master likes Ren's large breasts correct?" she knew she was just goading him on. Ren had seen more than one of Takeya's porn magazines fixated on women with a larger bosom, but she also knew that 'dirty talk' was a turn on of Takeya's as well. Propping herself up, Ren pulsated and dangled her nipple tantalizingly before Takeya's mouth.

Unable to resist, the man captured the pink nub and suckled on it like a baby. Slowly, wanting to prolong the act as long as possible, he started to gyrate his hips as Ren bucked against him. Her moans of bliss reverberated in his ears as she clutched his head to her chest.

"Ren wants Master to release inside her," Ren parroted something she had read and didn't fully understand. Her mind and body were on autopilot as Takeya started to increase his pace and force. "Master is touching the deepest parts of Ren," she drawled as she felt her fire burning to a fevered pitch. Hopping lightly to increase Takeya's reach, Ren's eyes rolled back as she felt a big release coming.

Releasing Ren's nipple as he felt his own release immanent, Takeya pumped quicker and quicker. "I'm…I'm…" and released his essence deeply into Ren's womb. The next moment his arms wrapped around her waist and held her against him. "I'm sorry we haven't had much time alone, and with Miu…"

Ren kissed Takeya, hoping he'd take the hint to not continue on. She knew she was still precious to him, she didn't fear that. It was just loneliness and nerves that made her want to fill this connection. Without letting Takeya slip out of her, Ren gingerly spun around and leaned against the man. "Can we stay like this for awhile?"

Takeya was mystified when Ren picked up the remote and changed the station back to the news, took hold of his hands, and left them right above her sacred place. Takeya didn't say a word, he just basked in the closeness. They watched television while he was still in her, twenty minutes later Takeya took a little initiative and they made love again.

Things were getting better again. But as Takeya and Ren made love for the third and final time for the night things were moving that they couldn't have believed. Fina, Khi, and Harumi sat in a room populated by high ranking members of the Japanese government. Things were changing.

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Author notes

It was a quick lemon, as most of mine are. But I'm trying to get better at them and you don't get better unless you do it. So anyway, hope you enjoyed this and yes the story is about over. One maybe two chapters left

Later!!